Meio da Baja

Best Surf Season (October - March)

Meio da Baja's north-northwest facing sandbar really hits its stride when the North Atlantic storm machine winds up. From October through March, average surf heights sit between 6 and 9ft (1.8 and 2.8m) with periods routinely over 11 seconds, meaning powerful, long-period NW and WNW groundswell marching straight into the beach. Lows rumbling across the Atlantic and a favorable phase of the NAO often aim the biggest fetch right at the Portuguese coast. The best windows come with winds from the southern quadrant - S, SSO, SO and OSO - which make the wave faces clean and lined up.